Car-replacer.



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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE:

' vHENRY EDWARD MATTHEWS AND WALTER PETER MATTHEWS, OF SALIIDA, COLORADO.

CAR-REPLACER.

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Patented Feb. 4,1903.

Application filed May 28. 1907. swarm. vaoslQ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY EDWA-RD MATTHEWS and WALTER PE ER MATTHE'Ws, both citizens of the United States, and jresidents of-Salida, in the county of Chaffee and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Iteplacer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to car replacers such as used in replacing derailed cars upon the track. 4 v r,

The object of the invention is to produce a replacer of simple construction, formed in such a way as to facilitate its being held in position when in use, and to provide a form for the outside replacer which will facilitate the passing of wheels over the device which have not become displaced from the track.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, to be more fully described, hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin s forming a part of this specification, in w 'ch similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure leis a plan showing the two replacing devices in osition upon a track, the rails and ties of W ich are indicated in dotted outline; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the inside replacer; Fi 3 is an inside elevation of the outside rep acer; this view may be considered as a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the upper portions of the cross ties being ShOWII III cross section; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 1. r I

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 indicates the inside replacer, while 2 indicates the outside replacer. The general form of both of these replacers is very similar. The inside replacer comprises oppositely extending guide arms 3 and4, the sides 5 whereof are in alinement with each other, and are adapted to be'a plied to the edge of the rail 6, as indicate 1n Fig. 1. These guide arms 3 and 4 are quite wideat their outer extremities and taper toward the middle oint or transverse axis of the replacer Although they taper in this manner as viewed in plan, they taper in an %ppos1te manner, as vlewed in elevation in ig. 3;' that 1s, the outer ends of the arms are thin, and they increase in thickness in a vertical direction toward the f'central transverse axis of the replacer. In the upper faces of the guide arms 3 and 4, guide grooves 7 and 8 are formed, and at theirlower portions these grooves are formed with flaring mouths 9 and 10 which facilitate the entry of a wheel into the'grooves.

At its middle point the replacer 1 is formed with a projecting shoe 11 which extends out over the rail. The under face. of'thisshoe' rests upon the head of the rail, and at its outer edge the shoe is formed with a downwardly projecting'bead 12, as. indicated in Fig. 5. This shoe 11 has its greatest height at the central transverse axis of the replacer, and presents inclined upper faces 13 and 14.

Thesefaces 13 and 14 are quite thin at their outer edges. In alinement with the inner I side of'the head of the rail, the shoe 11 is provided with a'longitudinal guide groove 15. Near theright-hand end of this groove 15, the lefthand guide groove 7 merges into. it;

likewise, near the left-hand end of the groove 15 the groove 8 communicates with the groove 15. of intersection of the grooves 7 and 8 with the groove 15, an elongated projection 16 is formed, which is of triangular form, the triangle having a very long base.

As indicated in Fig. 2, the middle portion of the replacer is cored out-or formed hollow, so that it presents an inside wall 17 and an outside wall 18. These Walls 17 and 18 are connected by transverse webs 19 which are preferably formed integral with the body of the replacer. On the inner'sides 5 of they arms which lie near the inner side of the rail 6, pockets 20 are formed which are adapted to receive the braces for the rail chairs. In the construction shown we have represented the replacer as being supported upon three adjacent ties; Wetherefore provide three pockets 20. Inorder to make the replacer secure against longitudinal shifting on the rail, we provide its under side' with transverse notches or recesses 21 which are adapted to engage the upper faces of the cross ties 22 as shown in Fig. 3. The pockets 20 and the recesses or notches 21 are formed on both of the replaoers.

The outside replacer 2 will now be described: The construction of the arms 23 of this replacer is similar to that of the arms3 and 4; but the-guide grooves 24 formed in the upper sides of the arms, are disposed somewhat nearer to the rail 25 than with the In the space between the points;

.insidereplacer; they are provided with flaring mouths 26 which characterize the grooves 7 and 8. This replacer is formed with a shoe 27 which projects out and rests upon the upper face of the rail. This shoe, however, does not overhang the rail by means of -a bead such as the bead 12; its inner face 28 simply terminates flushwith the inner side of the rail head as indicated in Fig. 1. The arms 23 of this replacer are thin at their outer ends and increase in vertical thickness toward the central axis of the replacer, and the shoe 27 also presents inclined upper faces 29 and 30 which are similar to the inclined upper faces 13 and 14 of the shoe 11. In this replacer we do not provide a longitudinal groove such as the groove 15, but simply are range the guide grooves 24 so that they intere sect onthe central axis of the replacer and extend beyond the point of intersection so that they come out upon the ends of the shoe near the inner side of the rail head. The replacers are applied to the rails in the manner indicated in Fig. 1, and the rail truck is advanced in the usual 'manner so that the wheels will enter the guide grooves 7 and 24 or'.8 and 24. The flaring mouths of the grooves insure that the wheels will be guided properly upon the replacertoward the rails. As the Wheel passes up the guide groove in the inside replacer, it advances toward the rail and rises to the elevation of the middle point of the} replacer. Beyond this point the wheel descends toward the end of the groove and as it approaches the position of therail, the face'of the wheel comes upon the upper face of the shoe 11 so that the shoe supports the weight of the wheel and lets the wheel run down gradually until it comes upon the rail. Of course, the replacer can be used to replace a wheel coming from either direction, If it is desired to pass a wheel which has not been displaced from the track over the replacer, this is permitted by the presence of the bead 15. The advancing wheel simply rolls up on one of the inclined faces 13 or ,14

and descends on the opposite face. In replacing the outside wheel the operation is substantially similar to that described, the

flange of the wheel advancin in the groove 24,. until it reaches the midd e point of the replacer, whereupon it begins to descend on the inclined faces of the shoe 27. In this way the flange -of the wheel is guided. toa point near the side face of the rail and'the wheel drops gently into position. By reason.v of thefact that Wheels not displaced from the track may 'pass the replacer, we are en-- abled to apply thereplacer at the most convenient point found on the track near the scene of the derailment, and this isregarded as an advantage.

'. Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentz 1. A carreplacer having a' air of oppositely extending guide arms wit alining sides adapted to be applied to the side of the rail, and having a shoe projecting over the rail'and presenting inclined upper faces meeting near the middle transverse axis of said' shoe, said arms having guide grooves extending up wardly'in the upper faces thereof affording having a longitudinal guide groove therein alining withthe inner side of the rail and ada ted to pass an undisplaced wheel rolling out erail.

,4. An inside replacer having uide arms inclining downwardly from the middle transverse axis; thereof and having grooves on the upper faces of said arms intersecting each other, a shoe projecting over the rail having a longitudinal groove at the side of the rail connecting said-guide grooves, said longitudinal groove affording means for passing an undisplaced wheel.

5. An outside replacer having oppositely extending guidearms with a shoe projecting therefrom over the rail, said shoe presenting inclined upper faces extending downwardly from the mlddle'transverse axis ofthe said 7 replacer, said'guide arms being inclined and having guide. grooves on the up er. sides thereof intersectin .onsaid axis an extending down said inc ined faces topoints near the inner side of the rail. Q r

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY EDWARD MATTHEWS. WALTER PETER MATTHEWS.

Witnesses-:

F. L. REAM, JAs. A. DAVIS. 

